Where to go for medical care in Wine Country — and where not to go

Nicole and Ben Veum and baby Adrian, who was born after Nicole had to be evacuated from a hospital because of a fire that swept through Santa Rosa. A number of clinics in Wine Country have been shut down because of the fires, but some remain open.

Nicole and Ben Veum and baby Adrian, who was born after Nicole had...

Many evacuees of the North Bay fires have now gone several days without prescription medications to manage chronic conditions. Others are having respiratory problems because of the poor air quality. Here are some locations of hospitals, health centers and makeshift clinics that remain open, and locations that have shut down due to the fires.

•The evacuation center at Marin Center Exhibition Hall, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, has a small clinic manned during the day by two physicians and four nurses, and at night by one physician and two nurses. Oxygen and inhalers are available for people having trouble breathing. The clinic has been authorized by the California Pharmacy Board to call in prescription refills so evacuees who left behind medications or are running low can get a prescription called in and pick it up at nearby pharmacies. If they are not able to go themselves, the clinic will send a runner to retrieve it.

•Sonoma County Department of Health Services has posted a list of open health centers in the county here.

WHAT’S CLOSED:

•Kaiser Santa Rosa Medical Center

•Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital

Santa Rosa VA clinic

•All routine prescheduled procedures and appointments at Kaiser Rohnert Park and Mercury Way have been canceled. However, Rohnert Park is open for urgent care.

WHAT TO DO ABOUT PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION

Pharmacies are authorized during the fire emergency to refill prescriptions without renewed contact with your physician, according to the Sonoma County Department of Health Services.

Kaiser members who need a prescription or refill can go to any open Kaiser pharmacy. There are pharmacies open in San Rafael, Rohnert Park, Petaluma and Novato. If there is no nearby Kaiser Permanente pharmacy or if other assistance is needed, including redirecting mail order prescriptions, members should call 1-888-218-6245.